Machine for pasting and dating labels



Patented Apr. ll, I899.

G. LIMBACH.

MACHINE FOR PASTING AND DATING LABELS.

(Apnlicaticn filed Jan. 8, 1899.) (No Model.)

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UNITED STATES.

PAT NT OFFICE.

- GEORGE LIMBACH, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK.

MACHINE FOR PASTING AND'DATING LABELs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,814, dated April 11, 1899.

Application filed January 3, 1899, Serial No. 700,971. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE LIMBACH, a citizen of the Empire of Germany, residingin Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Pasting and Dating Labels, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to certain improvements in machines for pasting and dating labels by which the smaller bottlers of beer and other liquors, who have no need of a power labeling-machine, can label their bottles with great facility and at a considerable saving of time as compared with the ordinary practice of labeling by hand and simultaneouslywhile applying the paste to the labels also stamp them with the date of labeling.

The invention consists in the combination, with a suitable label-support, of a paste-reservoir provided with a number of openings, tu-' bular stems in some "of said openings and adapted to be inserted into any of the same,

pasting-shoes attached to said stems, means for closing the unused openings of the pastereservoir, and means for moving said pastinginafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved machine for pasting and dating labels.

reservoir, shoes, and dating-stamp, partly in vertical section. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified construction of paste-reservoir, and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on line 4. 4, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the table'of my improved machine for pasting and dating labels. At the front part of the table a pile of labels P is placed with the face down ward, said pile being held in position by means of: suitable gages a. At the rear part of the table are arranged upright standards B, upon which is guided a transverse bar 0, to

Fi 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the pastriwhich are attached forwardly-extending horizontal arms 0, to the front ends of which is attached a paste-reservoir D. The guide-bar O is connected with a foot-operated treadleT by a rod d, which is pivotally applied to the treadle and to an eye at theiunder side of the guide-bar O. Helical springs S are applied to the upright standards 0, said springs serving to counterbalance the weight of the guide-bar and paste-reservoir and return the same into raised position after they have been lowered by the depression of the treadle.

The paste-reservoir D is provided with a suitable funnel f for supplying pasteto the same and at the under side with a number of supply-openings provided with nipples e, in which are screwed the tubular shanks or stems e of hollow pasting-shoes E, which are closed at their lower ends by a web of muslin or other suitable material thatpermits a sufficient quantity of paste to pass through, so

. as to impart the same to the edge of the label.

in Fig. 3, to which the tubular stems of the.

shoes are attached. In this case the paste is supplied to each shoe from a separate funnelshaped receptacle (1, the tubular dischargespout of which is placed in that opening in the block D in the lower part of which a shoe-stem is located. With this form of reservoir it is not necessary to cork the unemployed nipples. Between the shoe-stems and preferably a the middle of the reservoir D or block D is applied a vertical stem G, which carries at its lower end a dating stamp of any suitable construction, preferably one of the wellknown collapsible form in which the printingplate is reversible, and is applied to an inkpad arranged above the same when in its normal position of rest, but reversed so as to be placed in position facing downward, so as to on coming in contact with the edges of the label supply a layer of paste thereto, while the dating-stamp prints the date on the central rear part of the label. drawings, the lower end of the stamp is normally'at a less distance from the labels than the distance of the shoes from the same. The lower portion of the dating-stamp descends relatively to the shoes as soon as the pressure on the treadle is released and the cushionsprings raise the guide-bar, paste-reservoir,

and shoes. The corners or edges of the label are, however, raised bythe shoes, and the hand of the operator is then insertedbeneath the label, so that the label may be removed from the shoes by the hand and applied to the bottle by the same. The next bottle is then taken hold of with the left hand, the treadle depressed, the next label supplied with paste and removed from the shoes by the right hand and applied to the bottle, and so on. In this manner-the application of the labels is accomplished quickly and by a comparatively'cheap and simple apparatus, so

As shown in the 1. The combination, with a suitable labelsupport, of a'paste-reservoir provided with a number of openings, tubular stems in some of said openings and adapted to be inserted into any'of the same, pasting-shoes attached to said stems, means for closing the unused openings of the paste-reservoir, and means for moving said pasting-shoes into contact with a label on said label-support, substantially as set forth. 7

2. The combination, with a suitable labelsupport, of a number of tubular stems, pasting-shoes attached thereto, means for supporting said stems and shoes adjacent to said label-support, means for su'pplyingpaste to said stems, a stamp carried by said supporting means, and means for actuating said supporting. means for moving the pasting-shoes and stamp into contact with a label on said label-support, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a suitable labelsupport, of pasting-shoes, means for supporting the same out of contact with a label on said label-support, means for supplying paste to said shoes, a stamp, means for supporting the same out of contact with the label, and means for simultaneously moving said pasting-shoes and stamp into contact with said label, substantially as set forth.

4:. The combination, with a suitable labelsupport, of pasting-shoes, means for supporting the same adjacent to a label on said labelsupport, a collapsible stamp, means for supporting the same with one end at a less distance than the shoes from said label, and means for moving said shoes and stamp into contact with said label, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE LIMBAOI'I.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, M. H. WURTZEL. 

